![]() Here, their choreography trips them up (literally), but there’s little acoustic payoff on a soundtrack that remains consistently catchy and professionally produced. The group, of course, still sing fantastically, from their opening performance to their closing number, complete with a training camp segment in the middle (allowing for an excellent cameo from Anna Camp), but that, oddly, is a problem in itself, because there’s no notable difference in their “sound”, even though the whole narrative hinges on them rediscovering it the first film’s success partly lies in the way that it matched the group’s evolving sound with their improving off-stage dynamics. It’s a time-old formula that only emphasises the weak sections in the ensemble. What follows is a regrouping period, as the gang try to remember the harmony that made them work in the first place. Their only shot at redemption? Winning the a cappella World Championship. When a performance in front of Barack Obama goes wrong, though, the Bellas are suspended from the ICCA. We catch up with the Barden Bellas, as they’re riding high on the back of three ICCA wins, a run that began with the original film. ![]() ![]() That’s the biggest obstacle to this sequel’s success, as Kay Cannon’s script appears content to go through the broad strokes set out by the first one. The problem is that you can’t just repeat the same trick twice and get the same reaction Lilly returns for Pitch Perfect 2, but like a difficult second album, it loses some of its novel impact. “I sleep upside down like a bat.” There’s something undeniably funny about hearing something so random in the middle of a film about a singing competition – and those whispered non-sequiturs from Lilly (Hana Mae Lee) were a huge part of what made Pitch Perfect hilariously, brilliantly entertaining. Watch Pitch Perfect 2 online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld
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